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Wanderin' Through the Wilderness

by Demos Papadimas

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How Long? 02:21
How Long? (Demos Papadimas) Well now how how long How long can she wait ’til I get there ’Til my spirit is contented And my mind is free from care Well I traveled east and west In highways and by sea But no place ever fit me So I’m ramblin’ to stay free Well now how how long How long can she wait ’til I get there ’Til my spirit is contented And my mind is free from care Routine of any kind Is gonna grind man to his core Fill his veins with restlessness And leave his mind so sore Well now how how long How long can you wait ’til I get there ’Til my spirit is contented And my mind is free from care Don’t know where I’m going, Can’t remember where I’ve been It’s town to town and state to state This life I’m livin’ in Well now how how long How long can she wait ’til I get there ’Til my spirit is contented And my mind is free from care
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If I Had Religion (Demos Papadimas) Under the sapphire moon, I found the perfect disguise Tried to keep the madness off, but into my mind it pries The roads are gravel and grey, well the night sky’s an open grave Oh but If I had religion maybe I’d have a soul to save We hit the rain-soaked streets, just as midnight tolled I snuck off with kisses more like looted gold Crossed over the foreign seas, looked into foreign eyes Oh but If I had religion maybe then I would comply And I hope that redemption’s comin’ still For the jackleg dreams that never I could kill She’s the one still livin’ in my heart I do declare Oh and If I had religion with every prayer I’d swear Still I don’t want nothin’ but the rhymes inside my mind A shirt on my back and a woman that is kind I’ve had your city life and all its riches too but If I had religion maybe simply that would do Lived like a scholar, lived like a thief Lived deep in pleasure and deep in grief Still somehow I dodged so many evil eyes That I ain’t got religion is really just a surprise So all your midnight wisdom gonna burn in the noonday sun You think you’re at the finish line, but you’ve really just begun The past may be gone, but it’s still livin’ strong And If I had religion who knows where I would belong
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Barrier Doors (Demos Papadimas) Well, some souls only rest upon their lovers’ toil and I’m the sad, stuck man caught up in lost love’s coil Well, I just can’t be freed, there ain’t no way to unwind I’ve been starin’ at the past, and I’m starin’ my memory blind I got empty bottles, empty glasses Empty thoughts through which time passes Empty cigarette packs down on empty floors Feel like I’m headed through barrier doors In the minutes, hours, and days, I have worried my mind into a craze Ravin’ at the midnight hour, for the love that left me sour Well the calm Riviera’s breeze, just left me with a heart to grieve But now I’m drownin’ in dry white wine, but somehow I feel fine I got empty bottles, empty glasses Empty thoughts through which time passes Empty cigarette packs down on empty floors Feel like I’m headed through barrier doors Well, the bottle ain’t got a drop, but I can’t bring myself to stop Cause I’m always wanting more, though there’s nothing left to pour Time is carrying me along, like the melody of a song But the mysteries ain’t solved, in fact I think they’re even more involved I got empty bottles, empty glasses Empty thoughts through which time passes Empty cigarette packs down on empty floors Feel like I’m headed through barrier doors
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Double Knots 03:26
Double Knots  (Demos Papadimas) My mind is tied in double knots Fadin’ dreams and half-assed thoughts Don’t matter where my sense got lost Words ain’t savin’ me today Bar room prayers and shameless stares Have led me through many aimless affairs Ain’t it plain by my disrepair Words ain’t savin’ me today             Words ain’t savin’ me today Time ain’t without limits In this life of ours I’m getting tired of the gimmicks That are drainin’ each passin’ hour.... My mind’s been torn and ripped apart Through storied wars with faithless hearts Though it may seem it was split to start Words ain’t savin’ me today             Words ain’t savin’ me today Spend many days on worries  and there’s never nothin’ to gain It’s just the same sad stories you’re reciting in the rain.... My mind is tied in double knots Fadin’ dreams  and  half-assed thoughts Don’t matter where my sense got lost Words ain’t savin‘ me today Words ain’t savin’ me today Words ain’t savin’ me today Words ain’t savin’ me today.....
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Wasted Days 03:02
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Winds Foul and Fair (Demos Papadimas) Winds Foul and Fair have blown me far from care From shore to shore and further from your door And everywhere I went led to every dollar spent But no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme Your wasted eyes well they led me when I was blind Through many darkened corners where love was just implied I rode off in shambles and aimlessly I gambled Met the fortune teller in shadows, who threw my fate to the gallows Winds Foul and Fair have left me in despair Forced me here to ride, so far from your side And everywhere I went led to every dollar spent But no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme Funny how time takes your words and leaves them insincere Drains all raw emotions and makes them disappear I’ve been wisened by the weather and all the love fate severed Brought down by my perceptions and led here from your deceptions Winds Foul and Fair have made it hard to bear Pounded down the rains on the blessed and profane And everywhere I went led to every dollar spent But no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme Nah, no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme
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In All The Years (Demos Papadimas) In all the years, you’ve worn so many faces That deep in your skin, they’ve left some traces Now scars have settled into a man in crisis With too many woes and too many vices But I told you once, told you a thousand more.... I told you ’til both my lungs were sore In all the years, you’ve had such social graces That carried you one by one, to numerous embraces Held the rules of midnight in your palm With every pretty girl, draped on your arm But times ain’t static, and your fall feels automatic And you’re cryin’ in vain for the words you can’t explain But now the echoes of dreams Are ringin’ in your head But you’re stuck here And you’re killin’ a time that’s dead Just one step from the door..... In all the years you’ve moved at many paces Through all the winding turns of life’s crooked mazes Never glanced once, in retrospect Never let your days drown, drown in regret But I told you once, told you a thousand more..... I told you, ’til both my lungs were sore.....
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Oh Persephone (Demos Papadimas) Oh, Persephone Still I want you only Though our rivers have run dry You got a way of movin’ Listenin’ to Charlie Louvin But you’re gonna pass me by Oh, Persephone They wrecked you, called you homely But I always was so true He took you from your mama To that land down yonder While I waited here for you Night after night By firelight With vacant words so blue Left in destitution Inside my mind’s confusion Waiting for spring to come with you...... Oh, Persephone God Damn you still own me Though we’re many years beyond Beyond that callow vision And with a weary wisdom Of all the mysteries God has spawned
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Wanderin’ Through the Wilderness (Demos Papadimas) So many people travelin’ Don’t know where they’re goin’ to Always lookin’ for a future That is always out of view Squabble over stupid things That never mattered none When the truth is right in front of them Shinin’ like the sun Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness Well you bounce around from addictions and negative extremes You live by superstitions and your head floats round in dreams Friends drift into darkness Lovers further still Takin’ their love from you And your confidence’s will Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness You find comfort in the past and you never look ahead You’ve got many days in front of you And you think they’re filled with dread The future’s for us together Why must it be so hard To see what is so simple Yet seems locked off and barred Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
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Weary Words 05:20
Weary Words (Demos Papadimas) Was that my face you saw? Wanderin’ in a haze Floatin’ like a lost man, caught up in some craze Feelin’ like a stranger, stumblin’ all the while Fleein’ my whole life, like it was up on trial Well I set the place ablaze on one restless eve Thinkin’ that a change just might grant some reprieve But from the shores to the valleys, the hills to the plains I never could get far enough from heartache’s deadly pains Well another era’s gone it don’t belong to anyone It’s fadin’ from my memory into oblivion In this world of senseless rants, I have waited long for chance But I know I just can’t stay, where weary words betray Felt cold winds on my neck, ’til everything went numb Crossed bridges in the moonlight and seaports bathed in sun Watched the ferry boats arrive from some Aegean Isle Scanned the people’s faces lookin’ for some stranger’s smile Well now it’s early morning in a place called Place Bastille And there’s a heavy poundin’ rain and it’s pourin’ down on me Buses, streetcars, taxis pass me in this chill Where even statues shiver, but I’m left standin’ still Well another era’s gone it don’t belong to anyone It’s fadin’ from my memory into oblivion In this world of senseless rants, I have waited long for chance But I know I just can’t stay, where weary words betray Now steppin’ back to the streets that once we strutted down But there’s no room for dreamin’, not this time around Even simple thought has drifted from my sight Out of my mind and out of my sense into confusion’s plight So I plod along, I move my feet to the rhythm of this dream But it don’t look that clear to me as bright as the sun may seem So I cough and spit and scorn the words of the ones who trap our years Who confiscate our laughter and send it back as tears Well another era’s gone it don’t belong to anyone It’s fadin’ from my memory into oblivion In this world of senseless rants, I have waited long for chance But I know I just can’t stay, where weary words betray

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released September 10, 2013

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Demos Papadimas Ohio

Singer-songwriter Demos Papadimas (guitar/vocals/harmonica/bouzouki) skillfully intertwines American roots music with Mediterranean influences. Discussing his influences, Papadimas cites Dylan-esque balladry, Leonard Cohen’s latter-day touring ensembles, string-band revivalists such as Old Crow Medicine Show as well as Greek Rembetiko—the “Greek Blues.” ... more

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